Intellectual Property (IP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Open Movements (OM)

Issues and developments related to IP, AI, and OM. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in January 2026 and includes chapters on IP, AI, OM, and other emerging technologies (IoT, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR/AR). Preorders are available via this webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Elon Musk says all human data for AI training ‘exhausted’; The Guardian, January 9, 2025

Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law; The New York Times, October 23, 2024

Why The New York Times' lawyers are inspecting OpenAI's code in a secretive room; Business Insider, October 10, 2024

An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft – without their authors’ knowledge; The Conversation, July 23, 2024

A new tool for copyright holders can show if their work is in AI training data; MIT Technology Review, July 25, 2024

George Carlin Estate Sues Creators of AI-Generated Comedy Special in Key Lawsuit Over Stars’ Likenesses; The Hollywood Reporter, January 25, 2024

The Generative AI Battle Has a Fundamental Flaw; Wired, July 25, 2023

AI Trained on Copyrighted Works: When Is It Fair Use?; Lexology, January 16, 2023

Belarus legalizes digital piracy—as long as the copyright holders are from "unfriendly" countries; Quartz, January 11, 2023

AI-Created Comic Has Been Deemed Ineligible for Copyright Protection; CBR, December 20, 2022

The Seizure of Jewish Intellectual Property Ahead of World War II; Library of Congress, April 28, 2022

Ode to Cicadas; Library of Congress, May 24, 2021

A Tool That Removes Copyrighted Works Is Not a Substitute for Fair Use; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), January 20, 2020

New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out; The New York Times, December 29, 2018

For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain; Smithsonian Magazine, January 2019

Copyright Term: When Does a Work Enter the Public Domain?; Lexology, May 24, 2018

Bulgarians Listen to Classics Thanks to Copyright War; Balkan Insight, 1/5/17

Avengers and X-Men wage war in action-packed fan trailer; Comic Book Resources, 5/20/16